1.8% ▼ -65.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palmers Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Palmers Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person are found in Palmers Island than in most similar areas. Despite this, the community relies almost entirely on private cars to get around. Very few people here work from home or use transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 1.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and nearly half of all households own two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palmers Island, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and only 10.9% work from home, which is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales. Most people drive themselves to work, accounting for 64.7% of trips.
10.9% ▼ -45.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While there are 6.22 stops per 1,000 people—a figure much higher than most similar areas—the frequency of services is far below the state average. All available public transport options are buses.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.22
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
267.6
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to services is limited, as it takes a typical resident 34 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most areas.
34
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Palmers Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Palmers Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13147/palmers-island/topic/transport